The ePublishing Scammers come out to play…
Author David Gaughran has posted an article over on his blog warning about the growing minefield of people out there looking to sell overpriced services to self-publishing...
Fan-Translated Manga I’m Reading at the Moment
One of the great things about the Internet is that many things which aren’t considered considered commercially viable are distributed online by people who have a passion...
Feeling a Little Evil? – Method to the Madness has been Unleashed!
The long-awaited handbook that belongs on the shelf of every world conquerer has finally been released upon the world! Want to know the in’s and out’s of...
My Advice to Aspiring Authors | Hugh Howey
Since some who read this blog are aspiring writers in the prose field, I thought I’d pass along this excellent blog article written by successful independent author...
How To Sell Ebooks
From Joe Konrath’s blog: “How To Sell Ebooks I just hit a milestone that is hard for me to grasp. As of January, I’ve sold over one...
Kurt Vonnegut: 8 Basics of Creative Writing
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. Give the reader at least...
Brass fixtures fight Bacteria and Spread of Germs.
Hmm. I might just have to have copper handles on the doors of my next home! Plastic and stainless steel surfaces, which are now widely used in...
Space1970
As a child of the 70’s, I grew up watching all sorts of weird attempts at Science Fiction, from Battlestar Galactica to Space 1999. Now Christopher Mills...
“The Perfect Match” by Ken Liu
A nifty short story about social media like Facebook, and where it’s all headed. Definitely worth the read: ___________________________________________________ “I thought I told you I didn’t want...
A Plea from a Comic Retailer regarding the Disney/Lucasfilm merger…
It seems most people are happy about the merger, and think that Disney has done right by the properties it has acquired. But apparently, according to the...